After Dark: Neo-Noir Cinema Collection Three (1991 – 2002) – Imprint Collection #320 – 325
Enter the grimy shadows of neo-noir with these six dark modern films of crime, corruption and vengeance.
Packed with remarkable performances from Joe Mantegna, Willem Dafoe, Samuel L. Jackson, Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman and Chiwetel Ejiofor, this six-film journey will take you through the underbelly of society, through rain-soaked streets and blurred morality.
- Homicide (1991) – worldwide first on Blu-ray
- White Sands (1992)
- The Crossing Guard (1995)
- Heaven’s Prisoners (1996) – worldwide first on Blu-ray
- Under Suspicion (2000)
- Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Limited Edition 6-Disc Hardbox packed with brand NEW special features including audio commentaries and interviews, plus an exclusive 80 page booklet featuring essays on Homicide by Jen Johans, The Crossing Guard by Blake Howard, and Dirty Pretty Liars by Maria Lewis.
1500 copies only.
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Worldwide first on Blu-ray!
Acclaimed playwright and filmmaker David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross) directs this powerful and provocative film starring Joe Mantegna as a detective torn between his faith and career.
Bobby Gold is a tough yet devoted cop who is thrust into the otherwise routine murder investigation of an elderly Jewish shopkeeper. What seems a straightforward case soon unravels to become a bewildering urban odyssey of intrigue and conspiracy.
Four out of four stars from Roger Ebert.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by film critic Jim Hemphill
- More special features TBC
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English Subtitles
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Willem Dafoe stars as a small-town sheriff who finds himself in grave danger when he uncovers a dead body in the desert with $500,000 in this gripping neo-noir crime thriller.
Also starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Scarface, The Abyss), Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), and Mickey Rourke (Barfly, Johnny Handsome), and directed by Roger Donaldson (The Bounty).
To untangle a mystery, a small-town lawman assumes the identity of a murdered FBI agent and goes undercover inside a global crime ring. This precarious new life steers him toward a sinister weapons runner, an FBI sting operative and a mysterious woman of means.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by director Roger Donaldson and director of photography Peter Menzies
- NEW “Heart & Soul – Editor Nicholas Beauman Sifts Through White Sands”
- NEW “High Noon Sands” – writer Daniel Pyne on White Sands
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0
- Original Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
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Oscar-winner Sean Penn (newly interviewed for this release) produced, wrote and directed this neo-noir classic starring the masterful Jack Nicholson as a tormented father who seeks vengeance on the man who killed his daughter.
Freddy Gale has spent the last six years counting down to this day. Today, the man who was responsible for the hit-and-run death of Freddy’s young daughter is being released. Devastated by his loss and driven by vengeance, Freddy is finally going to pay back his daughter’s killer… if it’s the last thing he does.
Also starring female juggernauts Robin Wright (House Of Cards), Anjelica Huston (The Life Aquatic), and Piper Laurie (Carrie, Twin Peaks).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Audio Commentary by director/writer/co-producer Sean Penn, actress Anjelica Huston, actor David Morse, cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, production designer Michael Haller, and playwright David Ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by film writer Travis Woods
- NEW Interview with writer/director Sean Penn
- NEW Interview with editor Jay Cassidy
- NEW Interview with actor David Morse
- NEW Interview with actor Priscilla Barnes
- NEW Visual Essay By Kat Ellinger
- Original Featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 / DTS-HD 5.1
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
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Worldwide first on Blu-ray!
The crime novel by James Lee Burke comes to life in this neo-noir crime thriller, the story of a former police detective thrust into a world of murder and deception after witnessing a drug smuggler’s plane crash into a bayou.
Starring Alec Baldwin, Kelly Lynch (Road House), Mary Stuart Masterson (At Close Range), Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) and Eric Roberts (King Of The Gypsies), with a screenplay by Harley Peyton (Twin Peaks) and Scott Frank (Logan).
Once a tough New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux has turned in his badge and left the city with his wife Annie, for the peaceful beauty of Louisiana’s bayous. A plane crash brings a little girl into his life – and with her comes a trail of murder and deception.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by director Phil Joanou
- NEW Interview with producer Andre Morgan
- Cast & Crew Interviews
- Behind The Scenes featurette
- Promotional featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
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Based on the hit 1981 French film Garde à vue, this neo-noir thriller stars Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Monica Bellucci and Thomas Jane.
A Chief Inspector interviews a prominent attorney, who has discovered a brutal murder victim’s body. However, during the course of the night the crime’s only witness slowly becomes the inspector’s prime suspect…
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Audio Commentary by director Stephen Hopkins and actor Morgan Freeman
- Original promotional featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio LPCM 2.0
- Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
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Nominated for an Academy Award, Dirty Pretty Things stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave), Audrey Tautou (Amelie), and Sergi López (Pan’s Labyrinth).
Part of an invisible working class, Nigerian exile Okwe and Turkish chambermaid Senay toil at a west London hotel that is full of illegal activity. Then late one night Okwe makes a shocking discovery, which creates an impossible dilemma and tests the limits of all they know.
“A creepy, tightly knit suspense film that, on the fly, reveals more about the lives of immigrants in London than the most scrupulously earnest documentary.” – The New Yorker
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Audio Commentary by director Stephen Frears
- More special features TBC
- Original promotional featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 / DTS-HD 5.1
Martin Scorsese: Films Of Faith (1997 – 2016) – Imprint Collection #326 – 328
The world’s greatest living director, Martin Scorsese, directs these three critically acclaimed epics, exploring challenges of faith and delving deep into the depths of the human soul.
- The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988)
- Kundun (1997)
- Silence (2016)
Limited Edition 4-Disc Hardbox packed with brand NEW special features plus an exclusive hardcover booklet featuring essays from Martyn Conterio, Alissa Wilkinson, and Bilge Ebiri.
1500 copies only.
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The Last Temptation Of Christ (1988) – Imprint Collection #326
The controversial Academy Award-nominated portrait of Jesus Christ starring Willem Dafoe, adapted from the Nikos Kazantzakis novel of the same name.
A visually breathtaking re-imagining of faith and sacrifice, guilt and redemption, sin and atonement that follows Jesus Christ’s journey to accept his divinity and ultimate fate.
With supporting performances from Harvey Keitel, Barbara Hershey, Andre Gregory, Harry Dean Stanton, and David Bowie, this remarkable picture earned Scorsese an Oscar nomination for Best Director, shot entirely in the breathtaking backdrop of Morocco.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by film historian & critic Jim Hemphill
- NEW Visual Essay by Kat Ellinger
- Interview with director Martin Scorsese (1988)
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 / DTS-HD 5.1
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
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Kundun (1997) – Imprint Collection #327
Based on the life of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, Kundun is the Academy Award nominated biographical drama that tells the story of the exiled political and spiritual leader of Tibet.
Written by Melissa Mathison (E.T. The Extra Terrestrial), who developed a lasting friendship with the Dalai Lama after meeting him in 1990 while writing this script, going on to work as an activist for the Tibetan independence movement.
This is the incredible true story of one of the world’s most fascinating leaders – Tibet’s Dalai Lama – and his daring struggle to rule a nation at one of the most challenging times in its history.
With superb direction from Martin Scorsese, jaw-dropping cinematography by Roger Deakins, and a mesmerising original score by Philip Glass, this surreal, long-buried, critically praised epic is ripe for rediscovery.
“Hauntingly beautiful, raptly serious and vastly ambitious, Kundun is exactly the sort of movie that critics complain the major Hollywood studios never make – and then tend to ignore or underrate when it finally appears.” – The Chicago Tribune
Special Features & Technical Specs:
Disc One:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by film scholar Michael Berry & author/film director Peter Markham
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 / DTS-HD 5.1
- Original Aspect Ratio 2.35:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
Disc Two:
- NEW An appreciation of the Phillip Glass score of Kundun by Max Evry
- “In Search of Kundun with Martin Scorsese” – feature documentary on the making of Kundun (1998)
- “Compassion in Exile” – a portrait of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama (1992)
- Interview with director Martin Scorsese
- Interview with composer Philip Glass
- Interview with screenwriter Melissa Mathison
- Interview with “In Search of Kundun” director Michael Henry Wilson
- Vintage Interviews with cast & crew
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Silence (2016) – Imprint Collection #328
Based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Shūsaku Endō, Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver star in this Academy Award-nominated Scorsese religious epic.
Two 17th century Portuguese missionaries undertake a perilous journey to Japan to search for their missing mentor, Father Cristóvão Ferreira, and to spread the gospel of Christianity.
Four out of four stars from Roger Ebert: “Silence is a monumental work, and a punishing one. It puts you through hell with no promise of enlightenment, only a set of questions and propositions, sensations and experiences… This is not the sort of film you ‘like’ or ‘don’t like.’ It’s a film that you experience and then live with.”
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Audio Commentary by film historian Stuart Galbraith IV
- More special features TBC
- “Martin Scorsese’s Journey Into Silence” – featurette
- “Scorsese’s Challenge for Silence – Reviving Shūsaku Endōs World” – Japanese TV documentary
- Interviews with cast & crew
- Theatrical Trailer
- Audio LPCM 2.0 / DTS-HD 5.1
- Original Aspect Ratio 2.39:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
Fresh (1994) – Imprint Collection #330
Widely regarded as one of the best films of 1994, this gritty crime drama stars Samuel L. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), N’Bushe Wright (Blade), and Sean Nelson in an acclaimed, award-winning performance.
Disenchanted by the harsh realities of life in the city, a smart, streetwise kid nicknamed Fresh strives to create a better future for himself and his family by staying one move ahead of the local criminals.
“ultimately devastating … immensely powerful … brutalizingly intense.” – New York Times
1500 copies only.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Audio Commentary by writer/director Boaz Yakin
- NEW Interview with actor Sean Nelson
- NEW Interview with cinematographer Adam Holender
- NEW Interview with composer Stewart Copeland
- NEW Interview with writer/director Boaz Yakin
- NEW Interview with producer Lawrence Bender
- Archival Interview with Samuel L. Jackson (1994)
- Archival Interview with Giancarlo Esposito (1994)
- Archival Interview with Sean Nelson & N’Bushe Wright (1994)
- “Behind-the-Scenes” – featurette
- Storyboard to film comparisons
- Cast audition tapes
- Gag reel
- Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
- Limited Edition Slipcase
The United States Of Leland (2003) – Imprint Collection #331
This shocking and disturbing indie drama from writer/director Matthew Ryan Hoge features an all-star cast: Ryan Gosling, Don Cheadle, Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin, Sherilyn Fenn and Michelle Williams.
After seemingly ordinary 15-year-old Leland stuns his quiet suburban community with a chilling crime, he is sent to juvenile hall where he meets Pearl, a teacher and aspiring writer who dreams of making Leland’s compelling story into a book. As Pearl digs deeper into Leland’s life he uncovers a disturbing motive, forcing Pearl to examine his own morally questionable behaviour.
Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, this “indie portrait of the dark side of suburbia” (Entertainment Weekly) is sure to leave you stunned with its real-world depictions of violence and disorder.
1500 copies only.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- Special features TBC
- Trailer
- Audio English DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
- Optional English Subtitles
- Limited Edition Slipcase
Rambling Rose (1991) – Imprint Collection #332
Worldwide first on Blu-ray!
The director of Valley Girl, Martha Coolidge, helmed this Academy Award nominated period drama set during the Great Depression.
Starring Laura Dern and Diane Ladd, both nominated for an Oscar for their performances in this film, alongside Robert Duvall, Lukas Haas, and John Heard.
When Rose, an alluring young woman, moves in with a Southern family to care for their children, their lives are changed forever. For Rose relates to everyone she meets in the only way she knows how – with an innocent, but highly charged sexuality she cannot restrain.
Adapted by renowned author and screenwriter Calder Willingham (The Graduate) from his own novel, Rambling Rose won three Spirit Awards including Best Feature.
1500 copies only.
Special Features & Technical Specs:
- 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray
- NEW Reflections of Rose – Martha Coolidge on Rambling Rose
- NEW Reflecting the Character – Lukas Haas on Rambling Rose
- NEW Pruning a Rose – Steven Cohen on editing Rambling Rose
- Scene by Scene Audio Commentary by director Martha Coolidge
- Outtakes
- Alternate Ending with Director’s Commentary
- Trailer
- Audio English LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
- Optional English HOH Subtitles
- Limited Edition Slipcase
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